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Ep. 3: What exactly is adversity? · Adventures in Adversity: an inspirational podcast

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  The And we're back. It's the third time I'm
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  recording an episode and thank you for listening.
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  I've got a few followers, a few likes, a few blah, blah blahs,
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  whatever you're looking for when you're hosting a podcast, you
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  know, all those things just really mean that you're engaging
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  with people. So that's what I'm trying to do.
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  And again, I got to give myself the permission to be a beginner,
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  right? I've always loved that quote.
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  Allow yourself to be a beginner. I don't know who said it, but it
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  is true, especially for me when I'm launching a podcast.
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  So just a reminder to you as you embark on your Tuesday, if
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  you're listening to this on Tuesday, remember allow yourself
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  to be a beginner. Just like me.
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  I have no idea what I'm doing, but guess what?
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  I'm learning one podcast episode at a time and with the lovely
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  and constructive and amazing feedback from my friends and
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  family so far. So thank you for that little
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  shout out to Nikki Schumann, who in my last episode mentioned
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  that I was talking a little bit close to the microphone.
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  So we're going to make an adjustment here.
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  Nikki, you better listen to this and let me know if it's better.
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  Okey dokey. So another one of my friends,
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  Ashida, who actually bought me this microphone and inspired me
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  to actually take the leap. Love Yoshida.
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  You're amazing. She had some great feedback
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  after my second episode and she asked if you know, it might be
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  worth kind of talking more about what adversity is in the
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  different types and whether obviously there's many, many
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  degrees of diversity, diversity, adversity, A lot of cities in
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  this adversity. Any who there's varying degrees
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  of adversity from your everyday stuff, you know, sort of the
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  small stuff that we sweat to real legit adversity that is is
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  very serious and difficult to get through.
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  So I just wanted to take a few minutes and kind of dive into a
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  really cool blog post that I'm going to link to in the show
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  notes. So anything I talk about or
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  reference or I'm inspired by, I'm going to link to in these
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  show notes. So I was looking around about
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  adversity and kind of researching, you know, how many
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  different types are there? Is this classified in in a
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  certain way, you know, when people are studying adversity?
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  And I found a really cool blog post on simplicable.com and it
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  really talks about I saw the headline and I was like, whoa,
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  55 examples of adversity. So I'm going to link to that
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  blog post so you can check it out.
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  It's a really good one. But I was honestly just shocked
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  to see that there were this many and it really did make sense to
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  me. And it just reminded me that
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  there's so many slices of that and stories that come from these
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  different types of adversity that it's just difficult to deal
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  with, right? So let's cite simplicables,
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  definition of adversity. So adversity is a sustained
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  difficulty or problem faced by an individual or group.
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  This denotes a problem that is above the regular challenges of
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  the human experience such that adversity may put you at a
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  disadvantage to others. Adversity can be structural and
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  systematic or a result of misfortune such as an injury.
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  The following are common examples of adversity.
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  So I'm not going to go through all 55 because I am going to
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  link to this and you can dive into this awesome blog post
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  here, but I will name a few if I if I'm going down here.
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  We got addiction being fired or terminated, having a disability
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  which you know looking at that now, disabilities in recent
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  years have been rightfully kind of examined and that
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  disabilities are not necessarily disabilities, right.
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  People with different abilities and sort of those special needs.
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  That's a whole different ball game as far as you know,
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  adversity and just what what someone with special needs is
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  going through and we are going to bring some people on in the
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  future that that know about navigating that really you know
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  challenging challenging situation.
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  But it it can be a beautiful thing to really connect with
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  people with special needs and and such a wonderful community.
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  So just wanted to give a shout out there, other kinds of
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  diversity, family conflict obviously, right.
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  Every family has different sets of things that they go through
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  at different phases of life and just kind of how to navigate
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  that along the way. Fear or anxiety is a type of
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  adversity. I personally I've had anxiety
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  since I was young. You know it's been a double
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  edged sword. It pushed me to to do well in
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  sports and play at a high level but and like I did well at
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  school and all that, but that could take me down anxiety and
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  it still does from time to time. So I have to manage that daily
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  with with different coping mechanisms.
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  Shout out to the Anxiety Tool Kit podcast, Kimberly Queenland.
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  Amazing. Check that one out.
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  Another one. Let's see among the 55 examples
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  of adversity or types of adversity, loss of a loved one.
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  Don't we all understand the pain of that?
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  Whether it's a family member, a friend, a a pet, particularly a
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  pet, right? Those unconditional love.
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  I think all of us have dealt with the loss of a loved one at
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  some point in our lives and that's just something that we
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  kind of have to learn that grieving process and and how to
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  get through that mental health challenges and other type of
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  adversity. I really, this one's close to my
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  heart having just you know a very active mind.
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  Excuse me? Like choking as I say that, a
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  very active mind that never stops.
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  I have to just make sure that I'm, you know, getting sleep,
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  getting water, getting exercise, just going offline every once in
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  a while. And part of my mental health
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  journey has been like being open, right?
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  Being open about anxiety that I struggle with even though I'm
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  super extroverted and, you know, hyper without coffee.
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  Trust me, I am in my head a lot. So adventures and adversity is
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  coming from that perspective as well.
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  That I have definitely navigated mental health challenges and
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  just would love to hear inspiring stories from all of
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  you about how you've done the same other types of adversity.
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  Gosh, there's so many. It's kind of sad.
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  But the good news is we can get through it.
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  Work related stress, financial struggles.
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  Hugely, hugely stressful in this modern day and age, right where
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  it's everybody, you know, not everybody.
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  I shouldn't say everybody, nobody.
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  A lot of people are very materialistic.
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  I myself try to put myself kind of in the middle.
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  I like nice things, but it doesn't like rule my world.
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  But I am human. And you know, it's nice to have
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  comfy things and all that stuff. But when you have financial
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  issues too, like how do you get through that?
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  What do you tell yourself? How do you calm your nervous
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  system? How do you kind of overcome
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  adversity when you're trying to pay off debt and grow your
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  salary and find jobs in a tough market and all that?
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  So can have a whole career section on that?
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  Gosh, I could go on and on. I'm going to just take a few
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  more minutes. So another one regret type of
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  adversity. Gosh, I'll get into this story.
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  One regret that comes to mind for me.
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  Played softball in college, and honestly, I quit like halfway
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  through my third season. So that's the whole thing I
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  still dream about sometimes. We'll get into that.
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  Another episode on athlete PTSD? No, I'm kidding.
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  No, not really. Just, you know, regret on
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  decisions you made, things you did or didn't do.
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  Definitely some adversity there and some hopefully stories we
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  can share here on how to get through those kinds of things.
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  Physical limitations, geographic isolation or challenges,
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  loneliness. You know, we're surrounded by
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  people and surrounded by apps and devices, but I think a lot
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  of people, especially post COVID, experience a lot of
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  loneliness. So what stories can we tell on
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  this podcast to kind of help you get through that, to know that,
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  you know, if you're lonely now, it doesn't mean you're going to
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  be lonely forever? I just had a really interesting
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  thought, too. I'm recording this in a room in
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  my guest bedroom, which is now my new office.
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  And oh gosh, I I definitely had some low moments in this room.
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  It's kind of funny. I just one of my little personal
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  breakdowns I've had in my life happen in this room, and I just
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  remember not feeling great and not really ever thinking things
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  were going to be great again. And it's really interesting to
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  be recording this podcast and feeling so good in the same
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  spot. So just another testament to,
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  you know, you can overcome your shit one day at a time, one step
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  at a time. All right guys, I think I've
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  babbled a little bit, but I think I'm getting better.
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  My voice isn't as close to the microphone.
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  Hopefully it sounds better. Nikki and Ashita.
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  Hopefully this kind of dives into some more of the different
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  types of adversity. And I did just want to call
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  attention to that. Like you know, we were talking
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  about before or I was talking about to myself.
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  There are various degrees of it, right?
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  And everybody's journey is different.
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  And the goal of this podcast is to really just help people be
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  vulnerable and open and kind of take the stigma out of the some
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  of the struggles that we all go through because it's all human.
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  All right, Well, I talked to Nikki about my sign off and she
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  agreed that I can kind of just give it a go for my 17 Spotify
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  followers and see how cheesy I can get improvise for my closing
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  sign off. So here we go.
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  And with that, my friends, I'm going to close out this episode
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  of Adventures and Adversity and inspirational podcast with Brie
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  Wilson on the mic. All right, the message for
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  Tuesday. The next time you encounter
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  adversity, you know what you can do.
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  Log back on to this podcast and look through one of my three
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  episodes. And that is really going to get
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  you going. Oh, Nikki, that was bad.
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  I got to bring my A game next time.
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  Oh, man. See, now the pressure's on.
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  All right. The next episode will be funny.
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  The exit will be better. I promise.
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  All right, guys, have a wonderful week.
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  I'm going to finish recording here, and because I don't know a
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  lot about podcasting, I don't know how to edit all of that
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  out. So thanks for tuning in for
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  lining up some guests. I promise I won't be talking at
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  you forever and this is the longest closing of my life.
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  Have an awesome week, face your fears, and that's all I have to
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  say. Peeps Bye bye
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  the.